Improvement in meat and vegetable slicers



PATENT OFFICE.

PETER H. LINDSEY, OF LOGKPORT, NEW YORK.

IMPROVEMENT IN MEAT AND VEGETABLE SLICERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 107,932. dated October4, 1870.

To all whom 'it may concern: Be it known that I, -PETER H. LrNDsEY, of

the city of Lockport, county of Niagara and State of New York, haveinvented a new and useful Improvement in Slicing-Machines; and

I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription thereof, which will enable others skilled in the art to makeand use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawing,forming a part of this specification, in which--V Figure I is aperspective view of a machine for slicing vegetables and other things,the knife being detached; and Fig. Il is aperspective view of the knifeas it appears detached from the remainder ofthe machine.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

. This invention relates to a new and useful improvement in fastening,adjusting, and re moving theknife used in slicing-machines.

The improvement consists in making the knife removable at pleasure bysimply rei moving a single nut, easily turned by the hand; also, by thesame means-viz., by turning up or loosening the same nut-the knife canbe adjusted and held at anyl desired angle.

The advantages of this arrangement are that the knife can be easily andquickly removed when it requires sharpening, or for other reasons itbecomes `desirable to remove it; also, that it can be readily and firmlyadjusted and held at any angle, thereby regulating the thickness of itscut; also, a thinner knife can be used, whereby it works in an improvedmanner. f

Fig. I represents the wooden frame-work of the machine, with` the kniferemoved.

I I are side pieces fastened to a wooden bed-piece, H, extending aboveit a proper distance. Thebed-piece is cut through, from side to side,obliqnely, as represented at F. One end of the bed-piece has a groove,G, to receive and sustain the back ofthe knife, and

the opening F and groove G are of such dimensions as to receive and befilled by the knife, and allow it to be turned down, so that its upperside will lie in the same plane as the surface of the bed-piece H H,completely filling the groove G, and closing up the space F. Erepresents an opening or slotcut through one of the side pieces I, solarge that the knife can be drawn out and returned to its place throughthe same; and L represents an opening in and through the opposite sidepiece, large enough to receive a cylindrical extension of the back oftheknife.

Fig. II represents the knife removed from the machine.

A, the blade filling the space F and groove G, Fig. I 5 GVG', the backof the knife extended each way in a cylindrical shape; B, a nut turningonto the end C; and D, al fixed nut firmly riveted on the end C.

When the knife is inserted into its place through the .slot E, the end Centers the opening L and passes through the side I'. The fixed nut Dstops the knife after it has passed through the side I far enough toallow the blade A to clear the side I. The nut B is then screwed uponthe end G until it presses rmly upon the side I', thus holding the knifein any position the operator sees fit to place it in.

By holding the fixed nut D with one hand, and loosening the nut B withthe other, it is evident the edge of the blade A can heelevated ordepressed at pleasure, and, by tightening up the nut B, will be fixed inthe desired position.

The back of the knife revolves in and is supported by the groove G,which relieves the` strain upon the ends passing through the sides, andprevents the knife from springing,

and allows the knife to be made much lighter than it could otherwise be.

Having thus described my. invention, what I claimt-as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

The slat E, the groove G, the fixed nut D, and the removable nut B, andthe knife A, when all arecombined, constructed, and arranged as hereinset forth, for the purpose specified.

The above specification of fmy invention signed by me this 2d day ofAugust, A. D. 1870.

PETER H. LINDSEY.

Witnesses M. SEAMAN, DoN. A. PORTER.

